Section 17It had been arranged with Guffey that at the end of a week Peterwas to have a secret meeting with one of the chiefdetective’s men. So Peter told the girls that he was tired ofbeing a prisoner in the house and must get some fresh air.
“Oh please, Mr. Gudge, don’t take such achance!” cried Sadie, her thin, anxious face suddenly growingmore anxious and thin. “Don’t you know this house isbeing watched? They are just hoping to catch you out alone. Itwould be the last of you.”
“I’m not so important as that,” said Peter;but she insisted that he was, and Peter was pleased, in spite ofhis boredom, he liked to hear her insist upon his importance.
“Oh!” she cried. “Don’t you know yet howmuch depends on you as a witness for the Goober defense? This caseis of concern to millions of people
